“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived
on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed
and living in a filthy squat.

That was until I became one...”

Cathryn Kemp

Painkiller Addict: From Wreckage to Redemption - My True Story

I wrote my book because even as I was going through major illness, addiction and recovery, I knew my life had become extreme and extraordinary in equal measure.

I didn’t know much else, I admit. Anyone who has gone through, or is going through, life-threatening illness knows that the world shrinks to the breaks between pain meds, the gap between GP appointments and the battles with health services.

And anyone who has, or is still, wrestling with addiction, knows that their world becomes a tiny circle of using, feeling shame, getting the substance and using again.

Nothing else matters. I mean nothing.

Cathryn Kemp

This is one of the best reads in a long time. The courage of Cathryn Kemp and her family and friends were remarkable...read more...